8. Team GB's Swimmers
London 2012 was Great Britain's most successful games in terms of medals, with the athletes producing a record haul. The swimmers though were not able to live up to their much expected success. This was epitomised by Rebecca Adlington. The golden girl of Beijing, winner of two gold medals in China, had to settle for a solitary bronze in London. It was a similar story throughout the squad, with swimmers such as Fran Halsall unable to achieve their aim of standing on the podium. Such has been the fallout from London 2012 that British Swimming are launching a full inquiry into why such failures occurred. Indeed given the success of British cycling and athletics this seems like an understandable course of action. Hopefully the inquiry will enable team GB to rectify their mistakes before Rio 2016.
7. Adam Scott
It is never nice to see a sportsman imploded when they are on the cusp of glory and Adam Scott is a perfect example of this. His capitulation at this year's Open Championship echoed that of Thomas Bjorn in 2003. The Dane famously took three shots to get out of the 16th bunker at Royal St. George's, handing the claret jug to the unlikely winner - Ben Curtis. It was a similar tale of despair for Adam Scott. Going into the final round the Aussie had a four shot lead over his competitors and was playing arguably the best golf of his career. However after bogeying the first it was clear that Scott was riddled with nerves. He went into the final two holes with a one shot lead over Ernie Els, but a disastrous bogey, bogey finish meant that Scott would have to settle for second place. After equalling the course record with a round of 64 on day one, to finish with a round of 75 and second place was heartbreak for the Australian.